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This month, two women grace the cover of Texas Monthly, "The National Magazine of Texas." Both are young and conservatively dressed, and have worried half-smiles. One is pregnant; the other holds a toddler, his face buried in her shoulder. Legos litter the ground beneath their feet. The headline: "Modern Family." "Cleo and Nicole are a devoted couple," the cover text declares. "They dote on their son. They have a baby girl on the way. So why won't Texas let them get married?" Texas, of course, has a constitutional ban on gay marriage. But in a few months, that might not make much of a difference. In June, as USA Today recently put it, the...

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This month, two women grace the cover of Texas Monthly, "The National Magazine of Texas." Both are young and conservatively dressed, and have worried half-smiles. One is pregnant; the other holds a toddler, his face buried in her shoulder. Legos...

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